Corn-harvester frame.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

E. W. BURGESS. CORN HARVESTER FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1902.

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UNITE STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

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EDWARD \V. BURGESS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO IN TER- NATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

CORN-HARVESTER FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 727,082, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed June 9, 1902. $erial No. 110,768. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. BURGESS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Harvester Frames, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

IO My invention relates to improvements in corn-harvester frames in which two carryingwheels are employed to support it and in which gathering-sills are located upon opposite sides of a corn-passage; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a frame simple in construction and composed of few parts; second, to construct a frame strong and. durable to resist the heavy strain to which this class of machinery is often sub-- jected. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the frame, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation.

Like numerals refer to-like parts throughout both views.

1 and 2 are gathering-sill pieces positioned on opposite sides of the corn-passage 3. These sills extend forward and are bent outward at their front ends, forming a flaring receiving passage-way for the corn. The gathering sills 1 and 2 are braced laterally by subsills' 4 and 5. A transverse tubular sill 6 extends across the sills 4: and 1 forward of the drive- 3 5 wheel 7 and extending beyond the drivewheel on the stubbleward side of the machine has the tongue 8 pivoted thereon, and a combined seat-spring socket and foot-rest 9 is secured thereto outside of the tongue. 10 is the seat-spring, and 11 the seat. A tonguebrace 12 is secured at its forward end to the tongue 8 and at its rear end to a sleeve 13, rotatable on the sill 6 between the longitudinal sills l and 4. A brace 14: is secured at 5 its rear end to the sill 6, near the tongue attachment l5, and at its forward end to the sill 4. A transverse sill 16 extends across the rear ends of the sills 1, 2, 4., and 5 and is secured thereto. It extends grainward of the go sill 5, and a grain-wheel-supporting arm 17 wheel than the sill 21.

is journaled thereon. The supporting-arm has the axle 18 on its front end, on which is the grain-wheel 19. Between the transverse sills 6 and 16 is the transverse sill 20, also of tubular form, extending across sills 1, 2, 4, and 5 and secured thereto.

21 is a longitudinal tubular sill parallel with, adjacent to, and inside the drive-wheel 7 and extending rearward beyond the stubbleward end of the sill 16.

22 is an intermediate longitudinal tubular sill extending from the stubbleward end of sill 20 to sill 6, parallel with and adjacent to but nearer the vertical plane of the drive- A joint-plate 23 receives the meeting ends of the sills 20, 21, and 22 and is secured thereto. A j oint plate 24 is secured'to the sill 6 and receives the forward end of sill 22.

25 is a gear-frame secured to the sills 16 and 21,.and a radius-arm 26 is journaled on its .stubbleward end 27 and carries the axle 28 of the drive-wheel 7.

A main frame constructed in this manner is strong, light, and compact, and being betweenthe two supporting-wheels they can be easily attached or detached.-

I do not herein claim the manner of supporting and adjusting the platform on the carrying-wheels, as the same forms the subjectmatter of and is claimed in my application, Serial No. 110,765, filed June 9, 1902.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a corn-harvester, the combination of the frame, and the supporting-wheels located at opposite sides of and outside of said frame, said frame comprising a pair of forwardlyprojecting gathering-sills, a forwardly-projecting bracing-sill at the side of each gather- 9o ing-sill, a longitudinal sill extending along the inner side of the drive-wheel, and transverse silis 16 and 20 connecting the gathering and bracing sills together'and to the longitudinal sill, all of said sills lying wholly between the wheels.

2. In a corn-harvester, the combination of the frame, the drivers seat, and the supporting-wheels located at opposite sides of and outside of the frame, said frame comprising a pair of forwardly-projecting gathering-sills, a forwardly-projecting bracing-sill at the side of each gathering-sill, a longitudinal sill extending forward alongside of and to a point in front of the drive-wheel, and a cross-sill connecting the forward part of the stubbleward gathering and bracing sills with said longitudinal sill, said cross sill extending stubbleward in front of the main Wheel and forming a support for the drivers seat.

3. In a corn-harvester, the combination of the frame, the tongue, a tongue-brace, and the supporting -wheels located at opposite sides of and outside of said frame, said frame comprising a pair of forwardly-projecting gathering-sills, a forwardly-projecting bracing-sill at the side of each gatheringill, a longitudinal sill extending forward alongside of and to a point in front of the drive-wheel, and a cross-sill one end of which extends grainward and connects the forward part of the stubbleward gathering and bracing sills, and to which the tongue-brace is pivotally connected, and the other end of which sill extends stnbbleward in front of the drive-wheel and forms a pivotal support for the rear end the frame, and the supporting-Wheels located at opposite sides of and outside of said frame, said frame comprising a pair of forwardlyprojecting gathering-sills, a forwardly-projeoting bracing-sill at the side of each gathering-sill, the transverse sills 16 and 20 connecting the gathering and bracing sills together, said transverse sills lying wholly between the Wheels, the said sill 16 being extended grainward beyond the outermost brac ing-sill and forming a pivotal support for the arm carrying the supporting-wheel on that side of the machine.

5. In a corn-harvester, the combination of the frame, and the supporting-wheels located at opposite sides of and outside of said frame, said frame comprising forwardly-projecting gathering and bracing sills, transverse sills 16 and 20 connecting the rear ends of the gathering and bracing sills together, a longitudinal sill extending rearward alongside of the driving-wheel beyond the rear cross-sill 16, and another longitudinal sill extending forward from the cross-sill alongside of and to a point in front of the drive-wheel, and a front cross-sill 6 connecting it to the stubbleward gathering and bracing sills.

In Witness whereof I hereto a'lfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD W. BURGESS.

Witnesses:

FRANK J DRY'BURGH, EARLE J. BRYDEN. 

